Apple has announced the PhD Fellowships in AI/ML 2025 program. Nominees should be pursuing research in one or more of the following research areas:
- Privacy preserving machine learning
- Human centred AI
- AI for ethics and fairness
- AI for accessibility
- AI for health and wellness
- ML theory
- ML algorithms and architectures
- Embodied ML
- Speech and natural language
- Computer vision
- Information retrieval, ranking and knowledge
- Data-centric AI
What is included?
The fellowship award comprises
- A generous stipend for (2) academic years to help with living expenses and related expenses
- $5,000 USD travel grant each year to support research-related travel and associated expenses
- Mentorship with an Apple researcher
- Potential Internship opportunities during their fellowship (subject to student status and relevant employment law).
The monetary award will be directed to the nominating universities in the form of an unrestricted gift with the intention to fully support the University’s successful nominee(s), disbursed annually Award amounts will vary by country.
The award of the Apple Scholar in AI/ML PhD fellowship does not represent an employer/ employee relationship between Apple and the receiving university and/or selected student.
How to apply?
Nomination by TUM Graduate School only.
In order to apply, please submit the complete application documents in separate PDF files to Charlotte Janosa, janosa@zv.tum.de, until 31 July 2024. Applications must be submitted by the primary thesis supervisor.
After the application deadline, the TUM Graduate School Prize Committee shall nominate the 3 most promising candidates for the Apple PhD Fellowship 2025 in AI/ML.
Application documents
- CV and publication list
- Research Abstract (200 word maximum)
- Research statement covering past work and proposed direction for next 2 years (5 page maximum, including citations, in a legible font size) clearly stating the hypothesis and expected contributions to the chosen research area. Personally identifiable information is redacted for phase one reviewers. We recommend not including personally identifiable information in the main body of the research statement in order to maintain research statement clarity for reviewers of the redacted copy.
- Two letter of recommendation, one from current supervisor (1 page maximum per letter)
- Transcripts of current and previous academic records (Bachelor, Masters)
Documents must be submitted as PDF’s with the file naming convention: “Last name, First name: Research Statement”; “Last name, First name: Resume”; “Last name, First name: Letters of recommendation” etc.
Eligibility
Please note, in order to be eligible
- Applicant must be fully registered on the doctoral candidacy list of their School (in DocGS) and be a full member in the TUM Graduate School at the time of application and expect to be enrolled through the end of the 2025/2026 academic year
- Applicant should be entering their last 2-3 years of the doctorate as of Fall 2024.
- Applicant must not hold an equivalent industry-sponsored full fellowship while they are an Apple Scholar in AI/ML (Fall 2025 to Summer 2028)
Contact: Charlotte Janosa | janosa(at)zv.tum.de | 089 289 10624, TUM Graduate School, Boltzmannstr. 17, 85748 Garching b. München
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